Like a college degree..only better

Like a college degree..only better

June 14 2005 at 3:17 AM To view links in this forum your post count must be 5 or greater. Your post count is 0 momentarily. (Login To view links in this forum your post count must be 5 or greater. Your post count is 0 momentarily.)

Hey everybody. I just finished reading almost every post on this BB. Whoever said it took a couple of hours was full of it.lol
It took me a couple of days, but was well worth it. So many questions have been answered without me even having to ask them.
I feel as though I have a good idea as to what to charge, and what methods I will be using.

I'd still like to speak to someone who owns a portable...the Hydrotech 1500 is on the top of my list. But I think I will go with the Turbo for my wand. (phone 360-621-1730) Suggestions from people that have portables would be greatly appreciated. (don't have the money for a truckmount at this time)
I believe it was Pete who has one that knows some modifications you can make for the HT.

As far as grout colorants go I think I just need to go for it and not be afraid to pull a "james" once or twice.
A question I do have...is IAFsytems a stain or a colorant?
Also, does anybody who does a lot of colorant stock colors or do you order everything after the custy has decided to go ahead with colorant. (Main reason for knowing this is it seems that the best time to re-color is when the grout is clean---if you have to wait a few days couldn't it get dirty again?...especially around seattle cuz it rains and people track in mud all the time)

I have learned a lot from so many of you already. Thank you very much. Looking forward to getting to know you all and becoming an active member of this board.

Oh yeah, I'm going to be purchasing the CD as well, sounds cool. I'm not too good at the paperwork/advertising side of the business yet, that should definetly help and pay for itself in about 2 hours.

Mike
aka The Grout Guy
"don't redo it, just renew it"
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Cary Cassidy
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June 14 2005, 10:14 AM
Welcome aboard Mike.
I run a TM so Ill let someone else chime in on that subject.
When i do a color job I will order after the job is booked. I do have some in stock that is left over from a few jobs. There is just too many colors to keep on hand. Since I estimate 99% of t&g jobs ordering when needed works best.
Also when estimating I almost always give an estimate to clean/seal and one to clean/color seal.
And don't be afraid to "pull a James" with color sealing. It is easy and hard to mess up.
Invest in making a grout board for home to practice on. It will help you not be nervous in a custys house and give you more confidence.

Good Luck to ya,


Cary
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June 14 2005, 11:43 AM
Thanks cary,
My house is pretty ghetto (fixer upper)

Maybe I should just lay some tile on one of my floors and do some experiments...I think I'm gonna have to try that. Thanks for the advice.
Do you find the more rough tiles to be harder to color? Like more difficult to rub off the extra colorant?

Thanks
Mike

Cary Cassidy
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June 14 2005, 12:06 PM
I have no trouble getting it off rough tiles. The trick is to not leave it caked on. I have an OP machine that kicks butt on buffing it off the tiles.

Cary
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June 14 2005, 4:21 PM
Cary, what exactly is an "OP" machine?
also you said in a previous post something about a normal orbital...or something like that.

Do you have a link? or a name of a company so that I can see what you are talking about. If I'm going to be doing colorants it sounds like a really good tool to have.

Thanks
Mike
The Grout Guy

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June 14 2005, 4:58 PM
Mike -
go to the "MORE INFOR" tab to your left and check out the CCS BOARD. Its a good machine. You could get by with rotary or even a swifer type tool.